pr-nswt

Egyptian

Etymology

pr (“house”) +‎ nswt (“king”) in a direct genitive construction. The written form demonstrates honorific transposition.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /pɛr nɛsuːt/
- Conventional anglicization: per-nesut

Noun

m

palace

References

Allen, James (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, revised second edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 221

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